Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-05-27

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BRATTLEBORO.
FRIDAY, MAY 90, 1887.
A Word to the Wise.
Those arrearage subscriptions to which we
have h,pn compelled to allude too often within
the past six months, will not h. allowed TO lie bc-
yond the first Of June Bills will be- sent and their
payment will be insisted ON. II will be more sat
isfactory for subscribers and for us If such ac-
counts are paid without further notice.
In this connection We wish to remind subscribers
who owe us only for the present year that il Isl the
purpus. Of The Phoenix to establish itself on an
advance. paying basis, and we hope they will aid
us to this end by early rcmittanc,s,
The yellow fever has made its appear
nnce at Key West The authorities are
taking every possible precaution TO prevent
its spread.
Smallpox is epidemic at Santiago de Gu
ba There are said to be fully 500 cases in
the city, and the death rate, in consequence
Of the general neglect Of sanitary precau-
tions. is reported to be not less than go per
cent, while the disease is rapidly spreading |
Meantime steamers and other vessels are
daily leaving for New York, New Orleans, |
and other ports in this country, where the
danger Of its introduction is imminent.
The government land Office has asked for |
the assistance of the war department in |
compelling the removal of fences by which |
cattle companies have unlawfully surround |
ed millions Of acres of public land, and it |
is announced that company of cavalry
has been ordered to aid the civil authorities
in Wyoming. The Presidents proclama-
ton directing that these fences should he
removed was issued nearly two years ago,
but in many cases it has not been obeyed
President Cleveland, accompanied Ivy
Mrs. Cleveland and Col. and Mrs. Lamont,
left Washington yesterday afternoon on
vacation trip to the Adirondacks. On
their way they pass through this state to-
day by way of Bennington, Rutland, Burling-
ton and st. Adams This will be the first
time President Cleveland has ever been in
Vermont, and it is expected that he will
show himself to the people wherever stop
is made, though there will be no long stop
at any point in this state.
Pope Leo XIII has written a letter to
Archbishop Corrigan of New York which
puts permanent and emphatic seal of dis
approval upon the socialistic theories adj
vanced by Father McGlynn and indorsed
by many of the labor organizations of this
country. The Roman Catholic church is
conservative, as was to be expected, and
henceforth Father McGlynn must go on, if
he insists, against the direct authority of
the church which so many of his followers
profess to obey.
There are some indications that Il gen
eral lowering of the passenger rates on
American railroads will soon take place.
A step in this direction has already been
taken by the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg, which have put on sale 1000 mile
mileage books, good for year, at two and
half cents mile. This is a considerably
lower rate than has hitherto been granted
since the interstate law went into opera
ton. If the roads generally would follow
this excellent example, large increase of
the amount of railroad travel would un-
doubleday result.
The President has done credtable act
in denying the application for a pardon in
the case of James j. Stanley, who was con
victed April 10 of fraudulent registration
and sentenced to 80 days imprisonment il
the Jail at st. Louis. In his denial Presi
dent Cleveland says 81 cannot pardon
crime against the election laws, except it b,
in case presenting unusually strong con
siderations for clemency. | consider sucl
offences the worst of all crimes, and know
of none the punishment of which is NOR
important to the public"
The reconstruction of the navy is goinl
on with such unaccustomed vigor that with
in five years the country will have % ser
viceable vessels, counting the five turreted
monitors as available for defensive purpos
es The Chicago and Boston, the last tw
of the Roach cruisers, will soon have thei
trial trips. The contractors laid the ket
of the Baltimore the first of Mr.. Whitney
cruisers, some time ago, and work on tn
others is gradually getting under way
Plans are being pushed for the additions
five, so as to be ready by June | for bid
ders, who will have till August in whic
to make up their bids.
In pursuance of the policy recently deiiI
ed by the President, Secretary Lamar no
asks that the land grant railroad compani,
that have exhausted their rights in the il
demnity belts to show cause why the o
ders withdrawing those belts from settl
ment should not be revoked. 1t is hig
time that these belts were opened, and it
to be hoped that there will be no unnece
sary delay in restoring to settlers the RICH
which long ago they should have been d
lowed to enjoy. By this action tracts
land comprising no fewer than 100, 600, On
acres which have been closed for fiftet
years against settlers will be thrown ope
The appropriation for paying the speci
agents who have been appointed to all
land in severalty to the Indians, under d
act of February last, will become availah
July 1, and the preliminary work has I
ready begun at the interior departmer
In answer to inquiries from the departmer
reports have been received from most
the agencies concerning the disposition
the Indians toward the new system. The
are generally favorable, though in some
stances, as in the case of the Yanktons,
hostile feeling is expressed. Secretary l.
mar thinks the severalty bill will enable t
Indians to take care of themselves, so til
no Indian bureau will be necessary.
The Pennsylvania legislature which 6
journed last week Thursday appropriat
more than a million dollars for charital
and patriotic purposes connected with
war, including 1925, 600 for schools for s
diers' orphans, 1925, 600 for soldiers HON
$40, 900 for monuments at Gettysburg,
Guiding some for Meade and Hancock (bC
of whom were Pennsylvanians and W.
the most conspicuous figures in that gr'
confict), $1,000 for a monument at Hal
yer, Pa, to commemorate the first enga
ment on free soil, $500 for monument
Jennie Wade, Gettysburg girl who y
killed while making bread for Union
diers, and $500 to mark the grave of
nnra1 Rhial tho fret ITnion solIiar "a ho 4